So far in the book Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen, Brian is stuck in the forest for the winter, and is adapting to the cold atmosphere that is the forests of Canada, and by this food become scarce for Brian and it becomes extremely difficult for him to find food, and then kill it as well, along with food being more scarce and the pond slowly beginning to freeze up. Brian also needs to build a new shelter for multiple reasons. One reason is because of how his food is situated along with the fire he is burning to cook it a bear one day approached the food and fire, and it was right next to Brian and he at one point attacked the bear in order for Brian to protect his food, but the bear attacks Brian, leaving bruises and scrapes throughout his body so he needs to restart his food placement,
Rough Draft Ever since grade school, Melinda and Rachel had been best of friends. In the book it talks about how Melinda was raped. With multiple other people, Rachel thought Melinda just called the police to crash the big end-of-summer party. Melinda’s biggest inspiration to open up about her story is Rachel. Once she finds out Rachel is Andy Evans new victim, she felt obligated to speak.
Uncovering Deeper Meaning in Andre Dubus’ “The Fat Girl” In the critical period of forming her identity, Louise battles with her obesity. Criticism from her family and friends cause her to question her body image and consequently, her self worth. Louise is not the only adolescent to struggle with her appearance; with his depiction of her transformation, Andre Dubus addresses those whose view of themselves is marred by society. After years of her weight and emotions fluctuating, Louise realizes a deeper change. Through Louise’s journey, Dubus communicates that the power to change oneself emanates from one’s self control and ability to surpass societal pressure.
Spring is a time of year that many consider the time of birth. The snow thaws and the flowers and plants regrow. Though some do not consider this to be the case, some consider it to be the coming of yard work and the minimalistic beauty of winter fades. Such is the case with William Carlos Williams and Louise Gluck. In William Carlos Williams Spring and All, he presents spring in the more traditional birth period.
In the story The Fat Girl by Andre Dubus is a very interesting book to read. It is about a girl who is battling with her self and trying to please society. The author shows how young girls or grown adults deals with everyday issues with body and trying to fit in or destroying someone’s self-confidence of a person. Throughout the story Louise searches acceptance from her mother and husband who both wants to her to have a perfect image. In the story Louise has a weight problem.
Literary Analysis Second Draft About thirty million people in the United States suffer from an eating disorder, so what is it like to feel that way and how does their family feel while trying to help? In Skinny by Ibi Kaslik, Giselle is a college student who sufferes from anorexia nervosa while her sister, Holly, is a high school student athlete that is attempting to juggle school, track, and helping her sister recover without a relapse.
Home Is Where The Hurt Is Is home really where the heart is? When one knows the history of their hometown, can they truly still uphold the same level of respect and admiration? The speaker in “South” by Natasha Trethewey battles this obscurity as they return to their home, Mississippi. As the speaker returns home, physical features of the state triggers reminiscence. Though these attributes are what makes home so special to the speaker, simultaneously it causes the poet to realize the meaning behind it all.
Through the short story, she shows the message that If a person doesn’t see their true value they may constantly try to change themselves. It is shown through the literary elements of Imagery, Simile, and Verbal Irony. “Our skin was diagnosed by the department of beauty as ‘shallow’ we definitely needed some strong foundation to tone down that olive”[pg.39] Alaverse’s use of imagery is spread throughout the story, she uses this tone most when she is describing how much distaste she had for herself, or how she needed to change herself to be like the models seen on the television, magazines or her classmates. Throughout the story, she has an internal urge to be something she’s not. “We complained about how short we were, about how our hair frizzed and how our figures didn’t curve like those on T.V” [pg.39]
also wrote that her mother told her to forget about her size .She thinks that every girl is perfect the way they are and that you dont have to be skinny to be happy or liked by others.
Over the last couple of days in class we have discussed F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Winter Dreams”. This short story explores several themes such as reality vs idealism and over expectations. These themes communicates through the use of various literary devices such as irony, symbolism, allegories and imagery. Through the use of these literary devices each character is brought to life and given its own type of personality. One quote that explores how the main character, Dexter, is given a unique personality states “The helpless ecstasy of losing himself in her charm was a powerful opiate rather than a tonic”.
When seeing the title “The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus, I assumed it to be another story about a fat girl who would be depressed and insecure about her size. However, as I started reading, I learned that Louise, the fat girl, was not ashamed of herself and I became interested because my assumption was wrong. All the conflict about her size came from her mother and other relatives or friends. The title itself tells what the entire story is about. The entire story is about the life of “the fat girl”.
In addition to this, she has admitted that losing weight has not and will not make her happier, not unless she weighs 0 pounds, which is physically impossible. Lia struggles with her self-worth in the book Wintergirls. Lia struggles with how the world views her and how she views herself as an ugly duckling and addresses it by starving herself. This first struggle Lia faces is body expectations, evidenced by her dance teacher's judgment of her body. Lia’s attempt to address this struggle with body expectations was unsuccessful because her solution was starving herself slowly and it destroyed her body.
Within the highlands and plateaus of the Missouri Ozarks, a harsh winter falls each year while the Dollys, a family born on crime that blankets the region, establish feuds, connections, secrets, and trade for their production of hard drugs. Daniel Woodrell's The Winter’s Bone shows how this silence and these secrets can be used to protect or harm others with either action or the lack of it Silence and secrets generally are used for one's own desire, but here they have been used with the desire to protect someone. With Teardrop preventing Ree from getting any footholds on the truth about her missing father, Teardrop does this to protect Ree from their own family, because he knows the earnestness behind those insane and criminal threats. So Teardrop attempts to derail her with just the comment, "Don’t go runnin’ after Jessup" (Woodrell 23).
“Winter Dreams” was published in 1926. Francis Scott Fitzgerald is most well-known for his novel “The Great Gatsby”. A common theme he is known for is the American dream and how it is corrupt. Fitzgerald enjoys writing about the poor boy chasing after the rich girl. This story is about a man named Dexter Green trying to achieve the American dream by obtaining the girl he adores.
In the poem, When The Fat Girl Gets Skinny, by Blythe Baird, the poet addresses the issue of social ideology and how these trends affect young women. Told in a first perspective point of view, the poet supports her theme by describing how teenagers are being affected, establishing a social conflict of false need to achieve trends by identifying motifs for teenager’s actions, incorporating the use of life experiences from the past to the present tense and finalizing with a shift to highlight positivity in change of habit. Baird’s purpose is to illustrate a major conflict among young women who are being affected by social idolization of being skinny. She creates a mood of hopeful in order to inspire young teenagers who are currently harming
